All his geese are…
All his geese are swans. More »
Category: English(-Japanese) Quotations and Sayings: 英語(-日本語)の名言ことわざ
No thoroughly…
No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L. E. L.] (1802 – 1838) More »
The right word may…
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) More »
Beware of Greeks…
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. (from a fable of the Trojan War) More »
Every flow has its…
![IMAGE: Every flow has its ebb. [Every flow must have its ebb. / Every tide has its ebb.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/moon-1544530_640-200x130.jpg)
Every flow has its ebb. [Every flow must have its ebb. / Every tide has its ebb.] More »
Fish and guests…
![IMAGE: Fish and guests stink after three days. [Fish and company stink in three days.] / The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fish-3646477_640_stranger-2861954_640-200x150.jpg)
Fish and guests stink after three days. [Fish and company stink in three days.] / The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. – Jean de La Bruyère (1645 – 96) More »
Many a little makes…
Many a little makes a mickle. / Little brooks make great rivers. / Light gains make heavy purses. – Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626): Essays More »
Every man has the…
![IMAGE: Every man has the defects of his qualities. [Every man has the defects of his virtues].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/qualities-795867_640_aggression-487274_640-200x150.jpg)
Every man has the defects of his qualities. [Every man has the defects of his virtues]. More »
Blood is thicker…
Blood is thicker than water. More »
The only means of…
The only means of strengthening one’s intellect is to make up one’s mind about nothing–to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. Not a select party. – John Keats (1795 – 1821): “Letters of John Keats” (ed. by… More »
![IMAGE: I never lose. I either win or learn. [Either I win or I learn.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nelson-mandela-539834_640-100x67.jpg)
